Water Abundance

CHALLENGE

Water Abundance

$1 MILLION (Prize amount to be confirmed. Announcement expected for next year)

Water scarcity (water stress or water crisis) is the lack of fresh water resources to meet the standard water demand. Humanity is facing a water crisis, due to unequal distribution (exacerbated by climate change) resulting in some very wet and some very dry geographic locations, plus a sharp rise in global freshwater demand in recent decades driven by industry. Water scarcity can also be caused by droughts, lack of rainfall, or pollution. This was listed in 2019 by the World Economic Forum as one of the largest global risks in terms of potential impact over the next decade. It is manifested by partial or no satisfaction of expressed demand, economic competition for water quantity or quality, disputes between users, irreversible depletion of groundwater, and negative impacts on the environment.

Two-thirds of the global population (4 billion people) live under conditions of severe water scarcity at least 1 month of the year. Half a billion people in the world face severe water scarcity all year round. Half of the world’s largest cities experience water scarcity.

We are looking to eliminate water scarcity and obtain water abundance at global level.

Water Abundance

The solution can include:

This competition calls for policies, direct or indirect, strategies, new products, systems , technologies that could face the scarcity of water challenge and obtain water abundance at global level including acting on existing Technologies and processes with high water compsumption.

Proposal:

Proposals will be in writing (30 pages max including images, charts and diagrams)